The infrequently glorious FPD is in largely good health, although some of the stupidity on this site that shitwits are trying to flog as philosophy is causing my anus to bleed. Which hurts a little.

Oh, that hit home. I narrowly avoided a colonoscopy this week due to low blood sugar levels. I wanted to get it over with, not out of fear for colorectal cancer, but because I ruined my lining by taking too much glutamine powder, on someone else's suggestion. And now I'm not functioning right. I was so foolish for doing so. Hopefully, I'll get over it with time and a bland diet.

On a brighter note, I'm otherwise okay lol! Good to see you! Great GIF, btw

Addendum... When my dad was on blood thinners, he did this while golfing, poor soul. He's at rest now.

There is a constant push and pull between corporate and individual welfare in areas where they don't much intersect. Those who favour more controls of individuals are conservatives and those who favour more freedom for individuals are liberals. From that tussling comes the society we have at any given time as the pendulum swings one way and then another.

"Those who favour more controls of individuals are conservatives ..."

No Greta. It's the opposite. Fewer regulations.

It's part of Trump's platform.

Only liberty for business, but MUCH more control over individuals.

Hence the word "liberal", as in "liberty". Hence conservatives want to control of women's reproduction, sexuality, personal body chemistry, gender expression, artistic expression, plus they tend to throw a LOT more people in prison.

My pleasure, doesn't take a D.I. to know that once the political language has dropped to other citizens opposing 'the country' you're on a slide to nowhere. Still, could be good for the rest of us as a new world order could be interesting times at least and the trumpette certainly doesn't side with the idea of the rule of law and Liberal Democracy.

“We’ve accomplished a lot with respect to NATO… everyone has agreed to substantially up their commitment, they are going to up it to levels they never thought of before.”
- POTUS Trump

How can you not like the guy.

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Leftist Reasoning

Hating Trump:
- Trump has told NATO members to pay up.
- If governments must pay more into NATO, that means less money is available for government-funded social programs.
- Ergo, it’s Trump’s fault that he and his policies are hated.

There is a constant push and pull between corporate and individual welfare in areas where they don't much intersect. Those who favour more controls of individuals are conservatives and those who favour more freedom for individuals are liberals. From that tussling comes the society we have at any given time as the pendulum swings one way and then another.

"Those who favour more controls of individuals are conservatives ..."

No Greta. It's the opposite. Fewer regulations.

It's part of Trump's platform.

Only liberty for business, but MUCH more control over individuals.

Hence the word "liberal", as in "liberty". Hence conservatives want to control of women's reproduction, sexuality, personal body chemistry, gender expression, artistic expression, plus they tend to throw a LOT more people in prison.

As for the rest, you are speaking from a No mentality, and that can be addressed in detail of philosophy and you may want to save it for later considering recent postings, however for the purposes of broadest introduction generality,

You are saying that conservatives want to say No to women.
This is understandable that you think that way.

However, your thinking is again 180 degrees away from objectivity.

No applied to conservatives is only predicated on the assumption that you are right.
But, you have no evidence.
And, you are wrong.

The fact is, conservatives function from a basis of Yes.
Spend some time and contemplate how putting abortion to the legislative test is anything other than saying Yes.

Trump also functions from a basis of Yes, even though someone may have a record of him saying, No.

Yes is the foundation of his life.
And now he represents the country, and must endure the nonsense of distraction and disunity of the Dems.

For the Left, it’s all about the power. Trump has it. They want it. And with Trump it’s not really Right or Left. It’s constitution vs establishment power-grabs.

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You let your personal view of someone determine how you respond to their arguments. That is what ad hominem means. So for instance, at 4 minutes into the clip, Van Jones makes the point that liberals often accuse poor white conservatives of being stupid, because they vote against their economic interests. Rich white liberals vote for things like Obamacare, which they will have to pay for, but probably never use, so it is clearly not in their economic interest. Rather than being accused of stupidity, such ideals are meant to be noble. As Van Jones says, in it's own way, it is just as noble to not take handouts and to want to stand on your own two feet. I learnt something from that. How about you?